冰炭不相容冰炭不投bīng tàn bù xiāng róngbe as incompatible (/irreconcilable) as ice and hot coals (/charcoal); be inimical (/hostile) to each other like ice and hot charcoal
❍ 双方的利益真的就～吗？ Is it true that the interests of the two sides are as irreconcilable as ice and hot coals? 岂知谈了半天，竟有些冰炭不投。(《红楼梦》1474) However,their talk had shown him that they were incompatible as ice and charcoal. 冰炭不相容bīnɡ tàn bù xiánɡ rónɡ比喻两种事物完全对立。as imcompatible as ice and hot coals, as opposite as ice and charcoal |